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- FTLJohnson, on 10/12/2007, -4/+160Can anything top THE ANIMAL!? Can anything STOP... THE ANIMAL???? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cq9GN1X1Qc
- peregrine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+46They created this for logging companies. Mainly because loggers tend to be selective about which trees to cut. So sometimes they will have to go throw tons of forest to get to a tree. So instead of using treads and tearing up the entire forest and habitat they impact much less.
Also their are much cooler looking ones out their that can almost completely look like spiders. Man guys Modern Marvels on the history channel rocks :). - apexified, on 10/12/2007, -3/+47as oppose to the ones with four or eight?
- trollenlord, on 10/12/2007, -3/+46It doesn't damage plants and certain types of soil. It's a real issue for machines in valuable forests.
- Dradis, on 10/12/2007, -4/+35No missile racks, autoguns, or jump jets? No digg!
- nclark, on 10/12/2007, -3/+32looks like a giant grasshopper with 6 legs
- tanxadillo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+30http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1h3vcLybfA
Why does this guy keep posting his own blog? Why don't people just post the actual YouTube Link? - FullBleed, on 10/12/2007, -6/+29Patience my friend, patience.
- maximinus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17Because it makes them *feel* popular getting all those hits that they'd never get otherwise.
- trollenlord, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Prototype? Valmet has had PRODUCTION models for over 5 years already. This is ancient technology.
- dotorg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16They're actually used for logging... there are some logging organizations that take individual trees out of stands, and do not clearcut. That sort of hardware is used to move safely through the trees without causing extensive damage to the forest floor.
- FelixdaaHack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15direct links (avoid the pointless blog)
video1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1h3vcLybfA
video2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gk-yQ1H3M8
video3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwR3O7JSfWA - GrendelT, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18Cool, yes.
Efficient, probably not. - NanoStuff, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16If I saw that in the forest I'd scream like a little girl.
- kp3469, on 10/12/2007, -5/+18hell, even the military probably wouldn't pay for this thing. why would they? they already have treaded vehicles (i.e. tanks) that can climb the same terrain as this thing. granted, this autobot wannabe is pretty cool, but what are the practical uses? anyone? bueller?
- subscribtion, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12It be much cooler if it could run... FAST. Then when it became self-aware it would be able to catch people. On the other hand, it could just use a tractor-beam (get it? Okay, lame joke, sorry.)
- peregrine, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16Well have you ever seen the damage the tractors they use to remove trees leave behind? (and yes I mean wheeled harvesters) Even on a dry day its awful. The smaller holes left behind by these is much less then those giant treads. Also speading the weight out evenly over 6 or 8 legs would lower the impact greatly.
Sure it seems unlogical now but in a few years who knows? - hygraed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11This is almost as scary as the Bagger 288.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_288 - kevinmotel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12illogical
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11I've very much like to see an elephant keep 3 of its feet on the ground while raising its other 3 feet.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11The fact that it looks like a Mechanical Grasshopper gives it a certain "That's ***** Cool" factor over normal vehicles.
- daofma, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Slashdot cliches don't work on digg.
- Tsujigiri, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Well, not totally. In all likely hood if they designed it *totally* based upon a grasshopper it would have needed grasshopper wings to aid in gliding and landing after being hurled violently into the air by it's hind legs. But yeah, it does look a lot like one.
- EochaidRiata, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Here is the direct link without the crappy blog spam:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1h3vcLybfA - fanboydcs, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11that design is totally based on a grass hopper... incredible
- ClemX, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Grasshoppers have six legs...
- dizzledaking, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Stop spamming your blog mynickel. This doesn't even have an added "check this out", it's just a youtube video.
- Powder, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Something similar is used in the logging industry.
- waddling, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Better video here
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0gk-yQ1H3M8 - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Oh no, its the beginning of Metal Gear......Damn the "La Li Lu Le lo".
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Not stepping on the grass seems very environmental until you think of the pedantic amounts of diesel that beast consumes per each step it takes.
Unless it runs on kittens. - nonpareil, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7imperial walkers, here we come!
- chaosmachine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5tocard: i had one of those! mine was black :D
- AXNJAXN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Infiltrate the enemy fortress, Outer Heaven
Destroy the final tractor, Metal Gear. - AttackingHobo, on 10/12/2007, -13/+18That is pretty incredible, but I don't see it having any use outside of military projects.
- TheNik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Damn.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Where's my AT-AT when I need it?
- imjustabill, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6In Soviet Russia, tractor overlords welcome YOU
- FTLJohnson, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9looks kinda like a giant ANT to me... with 6 legs... um... as opposed to 4 or 8.
- Sukino, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4google ads .. always follow the money
- SystemError, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Thats Awesome! I love going 2mph.
- albrad84, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Rouge Group, use your harpoons and tow cables. Go for the legs. It might be our only chance of stopping them.
- maximinus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Pity the stories he's blogspamming with aren't even that popular... Wouldn't mind seeing his site go down (preferably rather permanently) thanks to the Digg Effect...
- spamzor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Burried for being inacurate.
I've seen this on TV before, it's not John Deere.
"There was actually a brief mention of this on a History Channel, Mega Machines . I don't have any episode numbers of anything, but it was in regards to logging operations. The 6 legs distribute the weight to reduce it significantly enough to provide no "relative" impact to the surrounding environment. It's pretty cool, except for the noise and pollution is creates." - Mocib, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is a Finnish invention and it was developed by Plustech. The video is several years old.
http://www.norbe.kvl.dk/webs/ibe_course/pdf/plustech.pdf - trjames, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's an environmentally friendly timber harvester designed by Plustech Oy. It's a former winner of the European IST Prize. It can climb steep slopes, an minimizes impact on the soils in the area - whereas wheeled or tracked harvesters can wreak havoc on the ground, esp. when muddy (I used to work as an archaeologist at a national forest, I particularly like this aspect of the vehicle, I've seen ruts from other harvesters and skidders up to two feet, that really impacts cultural resources). I got the chance to see it demoed in person at Mississippi State University (lot of timber farming down there) a few years back.
Plustech Oy is indeed a John Deere subsidary in Finland. Their website seems to be down right now, but this used to be their website about the walker.
More here, here, here and here. - FullBleed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3ar·ro·gant
Pronunciation Key (r-gnt)
adj.
1. Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance.
2. Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others: an arrogant contempt for the weak.
Vocabu-nazi lesson aside, what makes you think it uses an 'arrogant' amount of fuel? As far as any of us know, it's using no more fuel to do what it does than any other agro-industrial equipment. - d00ley, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Imagine this as an unmanned military weapon/vehicle. Technologically, robot wars are not far off. In fact, with UAV's they're already well underway.
- d00ley, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It is a John Deere machine, built by their Finnish subsidiary.
- skidooer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's technically a Plustech, a subsidiary of John Deere.
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